(A)These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. And (B)you shall repeat them diligently to your sons and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk on the road, when you lie down, and when you get up. (C)You shall also tie them as a [a]sign to your [b]hand, and they shall be as [c]frontlets [d]on your forehead. (D)You shall also write them on the [e]doorposts of your house and on your gates.

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  1. Deuteronomy 6:8 I.e., reminder
  2. Deuteronomy 6:8 Or forearm
  3. Deuteronomy 6:8 Or phylacteries
  4. Deuteronomy 6:8 Lit between your eyes
  5. Deuteronomy 6:9 Heb mezuzoth

These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.(A) Repeat them to your children.(B) Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol[a] on your forehead.[b](C) Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

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  1. Deuteronomy 6:8 Or phylactery; Mt 23:5
  2. Deuteronomy 6:8 Lit symbol between your eyes